An Albany gang member who boasted on Twitter about his plans to assassinate a rival, attracting the attention of police, was convicted Friday of a murder-for-hire plot.

Olaijaide Chapman, 25, known as "Luka," practically Tweeted a play-by-play for investigators about his plot to hire two hit men to kill Marquis Mitchell, 24. The victim survived being shot in the head at Garden and Raymo streets on April 17, 2014.

One day before the shooting, Chapman tweeted, "Sendin my hittas."

He later tweeted, "Try me and end up smoked," and "See us know we mean business." After Mitchell was shot but before police knew about it, Chapman tweeted, "Hospital."

He also Tweeted, "I started all this (expletive)!"

The jury deliberated an estimated 2 1/2 hours over two days before it found Chapman guilty of offering the hit men $2,000 to ambush Mitchell under the guise of selling him tickets to a music show. The hitmen, Desonte Welch and Shaqquis Salmond, later cut deals with Albany County prosecutors. Both testified against Chapman.

The defendant faces a possible life sentence after jurors convicted him of two counts of attempted murder, conspiracy and assault. He was acquitted of attempted robbery charges.

"He can't help himself from tweeting everything that happened, which is what ultimately leads us to him," Assistant District Attorney Shannon Corbitt told the jury in closing arguments Thursday following a trial that began early last week before Judge Peter Lynch in Albany County Court. "He can't even help himself from bragging and talking about what he's doing."

As the attempted murder verdict was delivered, Chapman's mother turned around in the courtroom and told an Albany detective, "(Bleep) all you pigs!"

Then as she walked out of the courtroom, Chapman's mother told Corbitt, "You have a daughter. See what happens to her."

Police and prosecutors said Chapman sought revenge against Mitchell, who belonged to a rap group called the "Smokeboys." The authorities said Chapman blamed the Smokeboys for a 2012 incident in which Chapman was shot in the back in a car.

Police identified Chapman as a member of an "uptown"-affiliated gang. The term is used for West Hill and surrounding neighborhoods.

Chapman bragged on Twitter about being part of "Slum Block Entertainment" or "SBE."

In one tweet on the eve of the shooting, Chapman wrote: "Slum Block. I let my goons get you."

He was so brazen, he wanted his hit men to take him Mitchell's chain as a trophy after shooting him, Corbitt told the jury. She noted Chapman tweeted a photo of himself with $100 bills in his attempt to show his willingness to pay hit men to kill Mitchell.